SOC 29-1022 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons make in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is $219,990. The 10th percentile is $219,990 and the 90th percentile is $395,990. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$219,990
- 10th percentile
- $219,990
- 25th percentile
- $219,990
- Median
- $219,990
- 75th percentile
- $395,990
- 90th percentile
- $395,990
- Mean
- $270,870
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the published 10th percentile is $219,990 and the 90th percentile is $395,990. The difference is $176,000, which is 80.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $219,990 to the 75th at $395,990, covers $176,000.
The mean annual wage is $270,870, which sits above the median of $219,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Durham-Chapel Hill, NC median is 37.5% lower than the national median of $352,220 for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. In 2024 national prices the local median is $225,464, which is 36% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 1.8% lower than the North Carolina median of $224,040.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 97.572, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $219,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons at $225,464 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Highest-paying jobs in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons make in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is $219,990. The 10th percentile is $219,990 and the 90th percentile is $395,990.
How does that compare with the national median for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons?
The local median is 37.5% lower than the national median of $352,220.
What is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons pay in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 97.572, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $219,990 is $225,464. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.